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Re: Plans for a sailing barge

john colley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:05:44 GMT

LOL There is ALWAYS a need for another design ________________________________ From: daschultz2000 To: boatdesign@yahoogroups.com

Re: Plans for a sailing barge

Lew Clayman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:18:57 GMT

Sometimes a design is fun just to design. If PD Racers solved all the world's problems, we could stop having elections. Actually now that I think about

Re: Plans for a sailing barge

daschultz2000 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:28 GMT

Yeah ok, but with PDRacer already out there, proven, and racing in some numbers, I don't see the need for another design. Don

Alinghi and baseball

Michael Casling — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:51:24 GMT

Two firsts. Alinghi has launched its new multihull. A young pitcher for the Blue Jays, first time in Yankee stadium, first inning. Lead off batter walked, then

Update on Gato Especial Build

Chris Ostlind — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:11:27 GMT

Well, now that I'm back from a very relaxing vacation, I have managed to get my act together and update my site with the latest stuff from the Greek builders,

Auto-tacking jib

pvanderwaart — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:47:01 GMT

I thought this was pretty interesting. I was looking at a 32-foot Hanse, which has a self-tending, non-overlapping jib. There are a couple of pictures here:

Re: Plans for a sailing barge

nutty_boats — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:06:21 GMT

Guy: Since this is an education project, there are several options I can think of. You limit on the size of boat that can be schlepped out of the classroom

Re: Critiques Invited

graeme19121984 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:01:13 GMT

Nice, Julian. At either end of accomodation I suppose, and fairly shallow sailing draft each. Make mine an AS19. Watch John Wright though. He's onto the

Plans for a sailing barge

Guy Vandegrift — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:05:06 GMT

Plans for a sailing barge that resembles Zeigler's Trilobyte are on my home page at http://www.wright.edu/~guy.vandegrift/

Hudson and Mannahatta

ANDREW AIREY — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:21:01 GMT

Souns a bit like the London newspaper headline FOG IN CHANNEL.CONTINENT ISOLATED cheers Andy Airey Send instant messages to your online friends

Re: Critiques Invited

John Welsford — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:55:53 GMT

Alloy pipe spars Thomas, absolutely every possible way of making it quicker to build for the fly in competitors, but anyone not under such pressure for time

Re: Critiques Invited

onevenkeel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:05:50 GMT

Interesting sketch. Wood spars or aluminum? I know you favor aluminum. But, it may be more practical and less expensive to use cheap lumber (conservatively

Re: Critiques Invited

Lew Clayman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:14:33 GMT

But John, it's a 13' boat. In my day, a Saturday Night Special was a .22 ... A quatloo of prevention is worth a cochrane of cure. - Preface to the Third

Re: Critiques Invited

John Welsford — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:42:51 GMT

I've had an approach from a group who wish to compete in the Texas 200, but who would have to fly in from 7000 miles away, set up in front of a motel and build

Re: Hudson and Mannahatta

Lew Clayman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:18:07 GMT

Also cute is the decision to call their work "The Mannahatta Project" so as not to confuse it with the Manhattan Project, a somewhat more explosive production.